Open Source Theology
Current Reading: Christ The Center - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Monday, February 12th, 2007After my recent foray into the world of modern emerging church movements in “Confessions of a Reformission Rev.” and “Organic Church“, I thought I would go back to the classics, to some dead theologians whose lives we know we can respect, while the Jury is still out on Neil Cole and Mark Driscoll (both through […]
Christian Persecution :: the 50 Worst Countries of 2007
Sunday, February 11th, 2007Christian Persecution :: the 50 Worst Countries of 2007
Pay attention. This is where The Church is alive, well, and at her best. Watch these places, there will be an explosion of the Gospel here.
Harassed and Helpless
Friday, February 9th, 2007Matthew 9:36 (ESV)
“When [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
This could be translated: “When Jesus saw them, he felt like he had been kicked in the stomach, because he saw that they were being pinned down […]
Latest Rock Teachings finally online!
Monday, February 5th, 2007We have finally resolved the system problems that were keeping us from being able to upload the most recent Rock Teaching series on the book of Mark. Go get them while their hot!
Mark 1:1-13 - Craig McClannahan Mark 1:14-2:14 - Matt Heerema Mark 2:15 to 3 - Craig McClannahan Mark 3 - Craig McClannahan
You can also have […]
Savoring Fine Wine: Mark Chapter 1:21-28
Thursday, January 18th, 2007(If you missed it, check out my post on Mark 1:14-20))
And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching.
Capernaum was a small but influential town of 1500 or so (at it’s height). It was situated on a crossroads in that made it a highly […]
Savoring Fine Wine: Mark Chapter 1:14-20
Monday, January 15th, 2007Last week at The Rock, Craig McClannahan encouraged us to really dig in to The Gospel of Mark, which we are studying through this semester. I am following him up this week by teaching through Mark 1:14-2:14 (gulp), and I have decided to take him up on the challenge.
Mark’s telling of the gospel is […]
Accessibility of Worship Lyrics
Friday, January 5th, 2007Relevintage asks about the wisdom in using worship lyrics containing phrases that would require a large amount of explanation to someone who is not familiar with the biblical concepts they are speaking of. Ie, “God of Jacob..”
Is it beneficial to sing songs with phrases that need that much explanation? Don’t we want […]
Is Jesus Coming Back in 2007?
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007churchrelevance.com » Is Jesus Coming Back in 2007? According to an Associated Press-AOL News poll, 25% of people in the U.S. anticipate the second coming of Jesus Christ in 2007.
Is he coming back this year? Probably not. But he might. No one knows. I personally happen to believe […]
God Is Able
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007At the Faithwalkers Conference, Herschel Martindale spoke on God The Magnificent Grace Giver, and challenged us to memorize 10(ish) verses. One of them was 2 Corinthians 9:8.
Nancy took this challenge to heart, and started memorizing some of these. She showed me this one specifically (I hadn’t “gotten around to it” just yet… ;-)). […]
God Likes Anchovy Pizza
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007Last night Nancy and I went to Pizza Hut. We were going to split a medium pizza, and I’m pretty sure God was telling me to get anchovies on my side, which was strange, because while I have a secret “thing” for anchovies, I very rarely order them in public.
I got counsel on whether […]
Discontentment or Spiritual Principle?
Thursday, November 16th, 2006I have a pretty sweet computer. It helps me do my job efficiently. It is sufficiently quick, powerful, and pretty. However, my new job is sending me a sweeter, faster, prettier one. Suddenly, I find myself discontented with my perfectly good current computer.
I was relating this to my wife’s […]
Definitions
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006Edify - To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement.
Encourage - To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence; hearten.
Rebuke - To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand. (The Greek is interesting here: Epiplesso: 1. to strike upon, beat […]
Misquoting Mark Driscoll #3
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006“I think irony and sarcasm is a prophetic function that is greatly overlooked in scripture…”
From here.
(in case it’s not evident… these “misquotes” i’ve been doing, aren’t actually misquotes. They are simply taking brilliant one liners and pulling them out of context.)
A Brief Rant On Biblical Literalism
Monday, October 2nd, 2006In my last post, Dave left a comment with the following question:
My methodist church has always been fairly liberal. Please explain the comment about female bishops? Does it really hurt your opion of methodism so much that methodists (who DO preach jesus is our savior, love your neighbor, and more) DON’T believe the […]
Bush’s Own Church Calls For Pulling Troops Out Of Iraq
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006United Methodist Church leaders helped launch a week of protest and civil disobedience against the war in Iraq by signing a declaration of peace urging President Bush to pull U.S. troops out of the country.
This brings up an interesting question of where Church authority and governmental authority mix.
However, trying to look at this declaration from […]
Misquoting Mark Driscoll #2
Monday, August 21st, 2006“The Holy Spirit is NOT an intern!!!”
Quoting Mark Driscoll on Serving in the Church
Saturday, August 12th, 2006I am going to snip out a Mark Driscoll quote and post it without context. He hates it when people do that. :)
“It’s so much easier to be a critic than it is a musician. It’s so much easier to be a referee than to be an athlete….
But the truth is, if you […]
The Great Omission: The Great Disparity
Thursday, August 10th, 2006Found this article via JR Woodward’s Blog. Interesting stuff.
The Great Omission » Blog Archive » The Great Disparity
“…Dallas Willard goes on to say that the church has created a place where discipleship is an option - not a requirement for membership in the Living Kingdom or in today’s church. He also says “that is because […]
Reflecting on Psalm 55: Betrayal
Saturday, June 24th, 2006update: Not exactly coincidentally, Tim Borseth gave a message on Psalm 55 at Stonebrook Community Church. Check it out.
(At Stonebrook Community Church, we have been doing a series on The Psalms. Last week I posted a reflection on Psalm 137, and “Spiritual Exhaling” at RockWorship.com. This article is a continuation on that […]
Reflecting on Psalm 137: The Power of Lament
Saturday, June 24th, 2006Brad Barret let me speak with him last Sunday at Stonebrook Community Church on Psalms of Lament.
You can listen to the message here.
I posted the notes from my portion of this message over at Rockworship.com.
